The Gilded Cage by Camilla Läckberg

Although it sets out to be a sexy, dark suspense thriller, which is partly achieved. Ultimately the story seems somewhat outdated and simplistic in its view of male-female relationships, which lessens its impact. Helen Carter reviews The Gilded Cage by Camilla Läckberg

The Lost Boy by Camilla Läckberg (#7)

A complex and clever novel which blends police procedural with the harsh realities of life, particularly the effects of domestic violence. Helen Carter reviews The Lost Boy by Camilla Läckberg

The Stone Cutter by Camilla Läckberg (#3)

Detective Patrik Hedström investigates the deliberate drowning of a young girl but is his sleep deprivation due to recent fatherhood muddling his thinking? Helen Carter reviews The Stone Cutter by Camilla Läckberg (book #3 in the Erica Falck-Patrik Hedström crime thriller series)

The Preacher by Camilla Läckberg (#2)

Detective Patrik Hedstrom is called in to investigate the discovery of the body of a young woman in a cave. To complicate matters the body is discovered atop two skeletons. When a a young female tourist disappears, the race is on to find the murderer before the missing woman becomes the next victim.

The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg (#1)

Author Erica Falck has just returned to her home town of Fjällbacka to attend to her late parents’ estate, when Erica’s childhood friend is found lying frozen in a bathtub. Patrik Hedström from the local police force is asked to investigate the death.

The Drowning by Camilla Läckberg (#6)

The Drowning by Camilla Läckberg is a disturbing novel about avenging past sins. It is the 6th novel in the Erica Falck-Patrik Hedström crime thriller series set in Sweden.

The Gallows Bird by Camilla Läckberg (#4)

Detective Patrik Hedström investigates two seemingly unrelated deaths in The Gallows Bird by Camilla Läckberg, part of the very readable Erica Falck-Patrik Hedström crime thriller series set in the south-west of Sweden.

The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg (#5)

The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg (translated by Tiina Nunnally) is a classic crime thriller. Erica Falck discovers her mother’s diaries from the 1940s and a Nazi medal wrapped in a child’s blood-stained T-shirt. After consulting a local historian, Erik Frankel, about the medal, he is found brutally murdered. Is Erik’s murder by politically motivated neo-Nazi supporters or is it some how related to Erica’s mother’s past?